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Belfast North

Shows the general election results for Belfast North, which is a constituency in Belfast. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 68,249 and a turnout of 67.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

DUP
Democratic Unionist Party Hold
Nigel Dodds
Majority
2,081
Electorate
68,249
Turnout
67.3%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
DUP 46.2%
SF 41.7%
Alliance 5.4%
SDLP 4.5%
Green 1.4%
WP 0.8%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Nigel Dodds  DUP 21,240 46.2 -0.8
John Finucane  SF 19,159 41.7 7.8
Sam Nelson  Alliance 2,475 5.4 -1.9
Martin McAuley * SDLP 2,058 4.5 -3.7
Malachai O'Hara * Green 644 1.4 1.4
Gemma Weir * WP 360 0.8 -1.5
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year DUP SF Alliance SDLP Green WP Ind UCU UUP Oth
2005 45.6% 28.6% 0.0% 16.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.1% 2.5%
2010 40.0% 34.0% 4.9% 12.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 7.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 47.0% 33.9% 7.2% 8.2% 0.0% 2.3% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 46.2% 41.7% 5.4% 4.5% 1.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
563 Belfast North 4.5%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
561 Belfast North 46.2%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
407 Belfast North 67.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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